"Triple Grammy Winner and I'm Just Losing"
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Tony Mercedes, who's produced some of the most well-known artists around, can't work his magic with the cards when fortune fails to smile. He's sat at another upbeat table, however, and grinding a short stack of 175,000 with the best of them. Tablemate Ali Zihni said of neighbour Alan Ho (sandwiched between Zihni and Mercedes), "He's a luckbox!" and no denial from Ho was forthcoming.